Shohei Ohtani strikes out Mike Trout, Japan defeats Team USA to win 2023 WBC | UNDISPUTED

With a 3-2 count in the top of the ninth, Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike trout with a nasty 87 mph slider to give Team Japan their third WBC Championship in the tournament. Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe react to Ohtani’s greatness in the WBC and beyond.

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Shohei Ohtani strikes out Mike Trout, Japan defeats Team USA to win 2023 WBC | UNDISPUTED

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[kylegoodman]

This WBC final was an all time classic, one of the best baseball games I've ever seen. Trout vs. Ohtani was like watching Goku vs. Vegeta at the peak of their powers.

[jonabundis]

The fact that both of these guys weren’t arguing and were a lost for words…

Just shows how special Shohei Ohtani is. And I feel like that’s an understatement

[leetraviusmckay]

That slider he threw for last pitch was insane.

[williamthomas]

97.4% of televisions in Japan tuned in to see Ohtani strike out Trout. UNBELIEVABLE.

[high-defRJ]

Thank you Shannon and Skip for acknowledging Shohei’s greatness. Using Messi to Argentina and Ronaldo to Portugal is a wonderful analogy to describe what Shohei means to Japan. This WBC was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, sports tournament that I’ve got to witness. Made me a fan of baseball again.
- From a fan in Japan

[SamUHells]

Honestly this WBC was the best thing to happen to baseball. Everyone who watched it loved it.

[zukusenryu]

Just imagine in the NFL one of the best QBS in the league also played defense and was one of the best at that.. that is Ohtani

[IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

As an Angels fan who watches 90% of their games, it’s hilarious when people want to claim that Ohtani doesn’t show this kind of emotion. He HAS! In big moments he always puts it out there and he always shows it. You never question his love and passion for the game, even in regular season games.

[someday]

I’m Japanese and a huge fan of this show and I am so happy that Skip and Shannon brought Ohtani up on the show. Thank you. It was a great game. Even I was surprised that he showed that much emotion on the field and bench.

[ConquerorEgomaniac]

I'm a surfer from Hawaii that doesn't follow baseball much...but I had to watch Ohtani play this last game. Dude is a unicorn

[jjcarver]

I’m an American working in Okinawa Japan. I watched this team practice and I can assure you it’s not just him. The entire team including #55 is extremely good. They’re a solid team more so than athletic and star driven unlike state teams. This game was about pride.

[arkadeyellow]

The near unanimously positive and enthusiastic reactions to Japan's win in the WBC by American fans and commentators is very heartening. Gives me hope after all the dark, divisiveness in the US over the past few years. Ohtani seems to be such a unifying figure. Really amazing athlete. He can do everything.

[anthonyrodriguez]

Can we give Skip his props for knowing his sports, he lowkey knows baseball, not alot of debate ppl and analysts can talk football, basketball and baseball 👏🏽

[Cuthbert.]

As a Jays fan, the kid is out of this world. One of the most dominant athletes I’ve ever seen

[yumoo]

You know what? I think many people forget about this big point. Team Japan flew all the way from Japan to Florida for WBC, only few days prior to this final match!! They were still in the middle of jet lag, so was Otani still struggling with it!!! But they won!! Great!

[pepegalvan_]

Japan is passionate about baseball, they even have a ball in their flag. Congratulations to them and Ohtani

[Unforgiven-uiqu]

Ohtani was terrific! Need to recognize his greatness!

[leetraviusmckay]

This tournament was better than the last years MLB playoffs.

[youngdb]

Ohtani is the best player in the world gotta give him respect

[RickDaGoat]

This is the first time I've seen these two boys talk about baseball. I might start watching baseball to watch this guy